- EndpointSlice generation is now incremented when labels change. ([#99750](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99750), [@robscott](https://github.com/robscott)) [SIG Network]
- Featuregate AllowInsecureBackendProxy graduates to GA and unconditionally enabled. ([#99658](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/99658), [@deads2k](https://github.com/deads2k))

- Added the `MatchConditions` field to `ValidatingWebhookConfiguration` and `MutatingWebhookConfiguration` for the v1beta and v1 apis. 
  
  The `AdmissionWebhookMatchConditions` featuregate is now in Alpha ([#116261](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/116261), [@ivelichkovich](https://github.com/ivelichkovich)) [SIG API Machinery and Testing]

- NodeRestriction admission now validates the audience value that kubelet is requesting a service account token for is part of the pod spec volume. This change is introduced with a new kube-apiserver featuregate `ServiceAccountNodeAudienceRestriction` that's enabled by default. ([#128077](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128077), [@aramase](https://github.com/aramase)) [SIG Auth, Storage and Testing]

- The FeatureGate SystemdWatchdog is locked to default and will be removed. The Systemd Watchdog functionality in kubelet can be turned on via Systemd without any feature gate set up. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/node/systemd-watchdog/ for information....